Investigative Reporting in Canada

Case Studies

Dr. Maxine Ruvinsky

Through a series of interviews with top Canadian investigative journalists, Investigative Reporting in Canada engages students as they evaluate key investigative reporting techniques and challenges, while at the same time inspiring them to employ these techniques in their own work. Each chapter
focuses on an award-winning article or series, and includes a discussion of what prompted the journalist to cover the story, how they conducted their investigation, what obstacles were encountered, what techniques were employed, and what lessons were learned. This is an essential text for any
college or university course on investigative reporting.

Readership : This is a core text for college and university courses on Investigative Reporting. It may also be used as a supplementary text for courses on Research Methods for Reporters.

Maxine Ruvinsky is a former journalist and professor of journalism. She is the author of two other Oxford University Press textbooks: Practical Grammar, 3e, 2014; and Reporting for the Media, Canadian Edition, 2011

Award-winning journalism - The selected case studies represent the best examples of recent Canadian investigative journalism. The material is timely, thorough, and allows the student insight into the necessary processes of quality reporting.

Canadian content - The author explores how
investigative journalism is practiced within a Canadian context, enhancing the students' knowledge, comprehension, and exercise of journalistic practices in Canada today.

Real-life case studies - Engages students while emphasizing the principles of investigative reporting and the reality of the
challenges that reporters both encountered and overcame to 'get the story'.

Anecdote-rich interviews - Numerous interviews with well-known Canadian journalists will educate students about the field and inspire students to incorporate key investigative reporting techniques into their own
work.

Computer Aided Reporting (CAR) - Examples of CAR allow students to evaluate the various techniques and technologies-both traditional and new-that can be used to strengthen, preserve, and encourage Canadian investigative reporting.